JavaScript: The Good Parts has passages like this: The new function object is given a prototype property whose value is an object containing a constructor

JavaScript: The Good Parts has passages like this: The new function object is given a prototype property whose value is an object containing a constructor property whose value is the new function object. ... whereas Eloquent Javascript is written in English. [Edit: To be fair, Douglas Crockford does write in the preface that the book is dense and may require multiple readings. He means it.]